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- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
financial capital markets. You can see that the U.S. has less reason to feel the need to move quickly to IAS. However, even the U.S. is feeling pressure to have similar standards to be a fully functioning part of the global economy. For an in-between example, think of... View Details
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Strategies for Cross-National Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
case on Estonia: From Transition to EU Membership The Nordic Region How can the Nordic countries continue to be competitive on a global scale? The Nordic Globalization Barometer identifies central issues related to the dynamics of... View Details
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
problems that it presents to government officials and to business leaders in developed countries and in the developing world. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707015 Latvia: Economic Strategy after View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
upgrading 38 bridges, and overhauling a century-old electric power system, all for less than $150 million. Problem: Fixing Infrastructure Infrastructure investment amounts to 2.4 percent of GDP in the United States, 5 percent of GDP in the average View Details
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
geothermal heating facility powered by natural lake cooling to improve energy efficiency as it wrestles with rising energy prices in the EU from the Ukraine War. They also use automated seeding machines to ensure a consistent and uniform... View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
in a larger and more complex environment. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/812112-PDF-ENG Latvia: Navigating the Strait of Messina Rafael Di Tella, Rawi Abdelal, and Natalie KindredHarvard Business School Case 711-053 This case describes Latvia's transition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
especially timely, coming as they did on the heels of a failed EU budget summit in Brussels and the French and Dutch “no” votes on the proposed EU constitution. For those in the audience not well-versed in... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Growth within the EU has been sluggish, with high unemployment and low investment in R&D. The EU has launched a set of reforms to create a "single passport" system of mutual recognition within... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Europe - Global Activities 2020
found itself “in a world of politically independent yet economically interdependent states,” the case explains. The country was on track to join the European Union (EU), but it also had ties with Russia and China. “Brnabic maintained, ‘the View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
view. Born in England and trained as an economist at Cambridge University, he moved to Brussels to work with the European Commission, the governing body of the newly formed European Union. He later became EU director of Transatlantic... View Details
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Europe - Global Activities 2021
taken in parts of the EU to integrate newcomers into the job market by comparing Just Arrived with other job-matching platforms, including a competing Swedish venture, Novare Potential, as well as Socialbee in Germany, and Mygrants in... View Details
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
map of New York to drive in Los Angeles. As examples, the authors cite the ongoing movement for a U.S. balanced budget amendment; the IMF's use of the deficit to assess fiscal prudence; the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to limit U.S. deficits; and the Stability and Growth... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 03 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen
wherein living organisms that are natural enemies of invasive insects are distributed throughout the rose crop in order to prevent infestations and damage to the flowers. This number is expected to increase to 100% nature-based pest control as View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
seen this scale of refugee crisis since the aftermath of World War II. Second, from the late 1990s, the EU has been putting in place common border policies and a common asylum system, but this new institutional infrastructure has not been... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
neighboring sites to collectively build out local geothermal operations. Tomato Vision also works with nearby chemical producers to use and absorb their waste CO2 to stimulate plant growth. Syngenta also avoids using chemical pesticides to enable sustainable... View Details
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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
novel 795bn Next Generation EU recovery package that will allow unprecedented investment in digitalization, the green economy, education, and health. Ranked first in cultural heritage in most rankings and endowed with historical cities,... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
authorities in the U.S. and the EU in formulating environmental regulations in three areas: automotive emissions for health-related (criteria) pollutants, packaging waste, and global climate change. Automotive emissions are relatively... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
Ferri, on leave as a visiting assistant professor of accounting at NYU's Stern School of Business, sees a number of avenues for future research on executive compensation, including its influence on risk-taking and the effects of regulation and disclosure regimes on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
and gain the trust of their citizens. We’ve also seen more complex processes with the EU adopting a single currency as part of an effort to coordinate actions and act as a strong block. In terms of the speculative nature of bitcoin, given... View Details
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
However, recent events in Slovenia might demonstrate a reversal in Eastern Europe. Slovenia is one of the smallest among the recent wave of EU entrants, and it is also the closest to the standards of living enjoyed in the more established... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace